Challenge Education Philosophy The Challenge Education Program is a journey that gives students the opportunity to challenge themselves physically, mentally and emotionally. Courses in Challenge Education provide students with a safe environment to discover individual strengths and weaknesses. Students discover techniques and skills such as cooperation, respect, communication, problem solving and trust that are needed to accomplish given tasks. Students are guided along their journey in a safe environment that values successes as much as failures. Through discussion, students learn to make connections between class experiences and real life situations.
Life is about the journey... Not just the destination
Challenge Education Goals
· Improve Fitness Using Alternative Forms of Sports and Activities
· Boost Self-Confidence
· Stimulate Imagination and Higher Order Problem Solving
· Help Develop Patience and Persistence
· Encourage Responsible Risk-Taking
· Develop Life Long Skills That Involve Shared Responsibility, Mutual Support, Trust Building, Decision Making, Risk Taking, and Positive Feedback
· Learning How One Reacts During Stressful and Adverse Situations
· Laugh Often; People Learn Best While Having FUN!
Essential Learning Standards
19.A.5a Demonstrate knowledge and skills in a self-selected individual sport, a team sport, creative movement, and work-related activities.
19.B.5a Apply the principles of efficient movement to evaluate personal performance.
19.C.5a Select components (e.g., equipment, boundaries, number of players, rules) which
promote participation in novel or original physical activities.
1A.5a. Evaluate how expressing one’s emotions in different situations affects others.
2A.5b. Demonstrate ways to express empathy for others.
Essential Literacy Standard
KID.3.3.12 Inferencing (REL)
I can follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when performing a technical task.
The Challenge Education Program is a journey that gives students the opportunity to challenge themselves physically, mentally and emotionally. Courses in Challenge Education provide students with a safe environment to discover individual strengths and weaknesses.
Students discover techniques and skills such as cooperation, respect, communication, problem solving and trust that are needed to accomplish given tasks. Students are guided along their journey in a safe environment that values successes as much as failures. Through discussion, students learn to make connections between class experiences and real life situations.
Life is about the journey... Not just the destination
Challenge Education Goals
Essential Learning Standards
19.A.5a Demonstrate knowledge and skills in a self-selected individual sport, a team sport, creative movement, and work-related activities.
19.B.5a Apply the principles of efficient movement to evaluate personal performance.
19.C.5a Select components (e.g., equipment, boundaries, number of players, rules) which
promote participation in novel or original physical activities.
1A.5a. Evaluate how expressing one’s emotions in different situations affects others.
2A.5b. Demonstrate ways to express empathy for others.
Essential Literacy Standard
KID.3.3.12 Inferencing (REL)
I can follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when performing a technical task.